Daily Republican., 1887-07-02
NEWS SUMMARY.
Murder In the Second Dsgree-Fstsiiy |
I,u,nea-A Deficiency of Sss,O00-I

Murder in the Second Dsgres-Fstsiiy
wilson Gagged.
George ii. Wilson. oolored, convicted
Of murder in tito fret degree in killing
wakefield Gains, colored, WAS granted
new trial Friday, and he then tender
ed plea Of guilty of murder In the
second degree, which WAS accepted by
the court. Judge Hare senteuced him
to twelve ye>rs' imprisonment ct sepa'
rate and solitary oor fnement, the ex' |
IRENE penalty OF the law.
At Pittsbure Friday three children OF
Mrs. August Belden, whose ages ranged
from q 70 y years, were fatsliy burned
by an explosion Of GOAL oil during the
TEN porary absence Of their mother II
is supposed they threw some OF the oil
on tho fire. Two Of them died In al
short time; the other was not expected
TO survive the night.
An examination OF the accounts OF
Levi Bacon, fioapoiAl clerk Of the In
| te rior Department, who died on the I1d
ult shO vs. dedcieDly OF US .OJO. OH
this deficiency $4,000 Is rtprssented by
due bills Of employees OF the office, to|
whom Bacon advanced money, some OF
1 t0S6d Dllib onoh w Aosc'
James A. l. Wilson, ,be fugitive
ISecretAry and Treasurer OF the ChetR-
| peake aud Delaware Canal Company,
reached Philadelphia on Friday from
Toronto, Canada. In the custody OF De-
,ec,ive Miller. he was srrAigned before
Magistrate Smith, and committed TO
answer at the July term Of court
At . meeting OF the strikers of the
Atlsptic Refinery Company. at Potut
Brteze, on Friday, IL was announced
that the General Executive Board OF
the knights OF Lsbor had decided the
cause Of the strike to he o just one. 1t
was ststed that the Board would take
further action In few days.
A passenger train on the Cincinnati
land Muskiugup Valley Railroad was
wrecked near Zanesville, Ohio, on
Thursday Afternoon. Tho baggage car
lspd a com mbipAtion car were thrown
ldowp au eubauk ment. Baggage master
Lane WAS severely injured.
The public debt gtatement for june
shows . red uotion Of SIC, ,852,725. Total
cash In tho treaAury, $48?, ,A3 1917. Dur
Ting the 6so4l year which eudsd on June
: 3Otb, ths principal Of the bonded debt
" the United States decreased $l27 ELL
I030.
VI Mr. Holland, of the firm OF Holland
g. johnson, In Chicago, was killed yes
terday afternoon while fixing au cleo
1tric fap. He touched the wires and re
ceived the full force Of the electrica
discharge
i A telegram from Ell Paso, Texas
says that su investigation shows tho
tho story OF Ill treatment OF B. Bird sne
hts opera troupe 10 n Ne xicsn prison
'is utterly without foundation"
The boiler Of O threshipg machine oI
Ia farm near Masooutah, Illinois, ex
Ip'odod on Friday morning. killing JOIN
Plob, the en- n9ineer, and dangerously In
ljuring three other men.
Mrs. Barbara Airey, 81 years Of age
J com i.ted suloide at Baltimore, ol
Thursday night. by swallowing lsuda
lnum, because of trouble bstween her
lsslf and husband.
IL James McElroy, oolored, wa, hange
J, Ion Friday at Henderson, Kentucky, fo
the murder OF hts white employer
s | Walter Mart. Robbery was the moti7
of the crime.
The three men arrested for the mul
der OF Detective Hulligan, in rescutn
=, a comrade, have been lodged In jail 9
L Cleveland. Ohio.
Oi Oss hundred and seventy deaths wei
Z reporsad In New York city on Frlda,
the n ~ ority being from cholera infal
stum.
The coirage OF the United Stat
SIMints during June amounted In valI
to 81 S37, 500. including 2.5l6. 900 STAN
lard dollars.
Five cases Of prostration from Il
=, Leat were reported Friday In brookly
Three new Gases OF fever were repor t.
r q. Key West Friday, but no deaths.
An epiiemic Of measles prevails
Point 81. Charles, near Montreal. Abo
l5OO Gases have been repor ted there.